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Friday, October 23, 2015

Wardrobe Updates (and other Periscope musings.....)

If anyone has had an informal chat with me lately, you know
that my new social media obsession is Periscope.

Periscope lets you broadcast live video to
the world.Going live will instantly
notify your followers, who can join, comment and send you hearts in real time.

Watching a scope (that’s what they call the individual
broadcasts) earlier this morning led me to the topic of wardrobe
updates.@jeimonroe is a fashion curator
and was scoping on the 15 Wardrobe Essentials that every female should have in
her closet.Those 15 wardrobe essentials,
according to Jei Monroe are:

A – I need this list!With being pregnant for the past 3 years (kind of) and finally admitting
that I’ve gone up a clothing size, I am now committed to purging those pieces
of clothing that I can no longer fit and building my wardrobe with basic pieces
that I can easily put together at a moment’s notice.

B – I no longer enjoy shopping like I used to.

C – I no longer have the time or the wherewithal to go
shopping whenever and wherever I want.

D – I discovered a whole new service from another person on
Periscope (@RuthSoukup ofLivingWellSpendingLess)
that will help me build my wardrobe without having to actually go out and shop.

That service is called Stitch Fix.Stitch Fix is a personal styling service
tailored towards helping busy women on the go discover and explore their
personal style without having to spend countless hours at the mall, going from
store to store.

2)For the cost of
$20, a personal stylist will pick out 5 items each month (though you can select any frequency you want….I chose once a quarter)
and mail them to your house.

3)You keep what you
want and return what you don’t want.

a.If you keep
items, the $20 goes towards the total cost.

b.If you keep all
the items, you get a 25% discount on all the items.

4)You give feedback
to the stylist on the items you received, so that your next shipment is even
more customized and tailored to your personal style.

My plan with Stitch Fix is that I (mainly) focus on those basic
wardrobe essentials that will never go out of style.With essentials, like a leather jacket, I don’t
mind spending retail price because I know I’ll get a lot of use out of it.I’ve had my current leather jacket since
before I got married (so over 6 years) and it is still going strong.It’s a wardrobe staple that I’ve more than
got the $100+ amount I spent out of it.

My first Stitch Fix box comes on November
6th!I cannot wait and
promise to report back on how it goes.